Been in a bit of an Airplane phase myself of late. To go back and realize how young and how bold they were on Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing At Baxter's... Breathtaking work. Liberated and wildly unconventional, the Airplane's stuff still shines with a sense of possibility. Picks: "How Do You Feel?" "Martha" "Embryonic Journey" "Y
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I'll second (or third?) a request for the 1997 Double Door gig. Superb show, with a wonderful mix of oldies, covers and hot new material. Along those same lines and never, to my knowledge, bootlegged in its entirety: the 1997 Capitol Theater Port Chester MTV show. Absolutely white hot, with a strange setlist structure owing to the mid-show live broadcast. 2002 Roseland was pretty stell
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Wife and I planned a visit to Berlin around them and saw their show there last Saturday night. it was a knockout. They were clearly thrilled to be presenting the new album and, as always, the long and unique setlist told its own story of the band and its catalogue. With no two nights alike in song selection and sequence, there's always a fresh take on the Wilco phenomenon. It completely
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Went to a Graham-produced two-day festival at Squaw Valley in August of '91. Jimmy Cliff, the Neville Brothers, Bela Fleck, the (electric) Jerry Garcia Band on day one and Jerry Garcia and David Grisman (acoustic) on day two. And Booker T. & The MG's who stole the show. And all this three quarters of the way up the mountain. In a beautiful natural amphitheater accessible by chai
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QuoteChris Wood Heard this song again today and remembered why I love it sooo much. The over all "groove" is just great!! Can anyone suggest other Stones songs that contain a great groove like this? I've spent a lot of the year playing and replaying "Pretty Beat Up" from Undercover. Blows my mind and is up there with "Slave" as a wicked, wicked groove. I k
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Quotekeefriffhard4life which boxset is better? the 1990 boxset or the one from a few years ago called THERE IS A SEASON? The 1990 box was a mind-bender. At four CDs, it anthologized the released material perfectly. Add to that a bounty of excellent, truly memorable unreleased stuff--including the long-discussed, but not even (to my knowledge) bootlegged Gram Parsons Sweetheart vocals and outtak
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Quotesweet neo con Re: CSimon-"I thought that that was going to be a joint venture, but I'd never heard from Mick about how he'd like me to share the royalties. It's the very least I can do to thank Mick for turning what could of been an ordinary record into an iconic huge song for me over the years—so, my god, let him take all of my songs and say that he wrote them."
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Fantastic track. Wish they'd dusted it off rather than the useless "If You Can't Rock Me."
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Quotetheimposter I am definitely in the minority, but I love it. Have since first listen. It closes the album much in the way 'Shattered' did on Some Girls, IMO - this groove as a song kind of thing. It's not a great song per se, but I have always just loved the vibe of it, and those little elements: Keith's funky guitar riff, Mick's harp blowing, the eerie organ intro, C
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QuoteTooTough Theater shows in 2003 were 50 €. Theater shows in 2003--or 2002, 2006, 1997, 1998, or in 1978 or really anytime after, oh, 1965--were loss leaders. The ticket prices were token, as shows were played to give the larger arena and stadium shows an added cache. "Street cred," you know? I can't even imagine what it would take to make a stand-alone series of Rolling S
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Just saw a boot Stones boxed set on Bleeker Street in NYC. An intriguing title, for sure. Four or five CDs and I think two DVDs. Didn't check the label. No tracklist and I can't find any mention of it online. Sure wasn't in the mood to gamble for $300.00... Does anyone have any information?
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Quote71Tele I think TM Blood is unlistenable. A really stupid song. Quite possibly the stupidest they have ever recorded. I mean, why even write a song about this subject matter (if you can even call it a "song")? "Izzat really what they do in Texas?...Oooo! Don't saw off me arm! Don't saw off me leg!...When I go to the movies, like to see somethin' I can take the
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QuoteJustin I suppose "Midnight Rambler" is a borderline warhorse these days...so that's on top of my list. I think that's the one you CAN live without, Justin I'd say that "Can't Always Get What You Want" is the one sort-of warhorse that still thrills me in concert. I also don't think I'd feel quite right if I left a Stones show without hear
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"Indian Girl" is a superb. Ahem...IMHO. Easy, seductive West Indian feel with dark lyrics, delivered in a sometimes-affecting, sometimes jaded fashion. It's musically sexy, with a melancholy soul. And the sophistication, ambiguity and irreverence of the track put it light years beyond latter-day mishaps like "Blinded By Rainbows," "Sweet NeoCon" and "Hig
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Quotemarcovandereijk QuoteDandelionPowderman Not very different from some of the stuff on Dylan's Desire, released a few years before, imo. Maybe. In that case it would be their second Dylanesk song since 'Who's been sleeping here?" Huh? Ever heard "Jigsaw Puzzle?"
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The stuff on the Let It Bleed session sounded familiar... Alec Wilkinson on Cooder and the Stones in a 1999 piece for Esquire: he was brought into the studio to assist the Rolling Stones in recording their album Let It Bleed, and one day he was playing guitar, goofing around, clicking this and popping that, and Mick Jagger came dancing over and said, "Oh that's very interesting, w
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A minor gem. I was always taken with the Blue Magic vocals. Does any of their own stuff stand up?
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Quotetatters QuoteRev. Robert W. Quoteaslecs The Polo Grounds! Love it. Long before my time, but would kill to be able to have seen Willie--or Mel Ott or Bill Terry or Carl Hubbell--play there. I'd kill to have seen the Mets play there. And yes, its historical significance easily eclipsed that of Yankee Stadium. Meanwhile, I saw Giants Stadium listed. What a terrible, antiseptic plac
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Quoteaslecs The Polo Grounds! Love it. Long before my time, but would kill to be able to have seen Willie--or Mel Ott or Bill Terry or Carl Hubbell--play there. I'd kill to have seen the Mets play there. And yes, its historical significance easily eclipsed that of Yankee Stadium. Meanwhile, I saw Giants Stadium listed. What a terrible, antiseptic place. Actually diminished any event
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1. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 2. Bringing It All Back Home 3. Live 1966: "The Royal Albert Hall" Concert 4. The Basement Tapes 5. Blood On The Tracks Breaks my heart to cut it down to five--Time Out Of Mind, John Wesley Harding, Highway 61? Even sleepers like Pat Garrett, Planet Waves and World Gone Wrong...go to Oh Mercy and listen to "Most Of The Time." Or to the
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Wow. I love the range of responses here. I had no idea that Cooder was held in such esteem in these parts. Of course, it's not really a surprise--I think it was the mandolin part on "Love In Vain" that got me to investigatin' Ry... My picks: Paradise And Lunch (1974) I've always thought of it as his masterpiece, but I love the fact that there are obviously a number
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Hard to pick just fifteen, actually: "She Was Hot" "The Storm" "Out of Control" "Rough Justice" "Had It With You" "Harlem Shuffle IV" "Fancyman Blues" "Continental Drift" "Mixed Emotions" "Thief In The Night"/"How Can I Stop" (counts as one track) "Moon Is Up" &q
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QuoteAmsterdamned That overall bluesy /rock/graveyard atmosphere, a necessary ingredient vanished after black and blue, and came back only occasionally..in an overproduced & polished way. Simple as that . Except it's not "simple as that." Sure, "Gimme Shelter" and "Sympathy" and that doom-laden late-60's/early-70's sound is one of the greatest
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QuoteMax'sKansasCity This thread should be renamed; THE TERMINATOR The only way to stop this thread is to go back intime and stop NedKelly from ever getting a screen name. ""Listen, and understand."" "That Terminator" (Dirty Work thread) "is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity,
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Quote24FPS And yes, Undercover is a sucky album. Since I got 'Undercover of the Night' in a good remastered version on Forty Licks, I have absolutely no need for the rest of the crap on the album. I went to Wikipedia to look at the album and see if there were some cuts I overlooked that were good. Nope. I basically worked on that assumption for years. Been listening quite a bit lately
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Quote71Tele QuoteRev. Robert W. For my own part, I love hearing the Stones as recently as 1985 (twenty-six years ago!) still pushing themselves to innovate and to respond to their times. Far better the successes and failures of Dirty Work, Undercover and Bridges to Babylon than the warmed-over retro filler of Voodoo Lounge and--the worst, most pointless Stones album ever--Stripped. Hmm, I don&#
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Quoteliddas I usually defend it, and I do so because I like it. Simple as that. Never claimed it is a masterpiece, but I do find it a very very enjoyable listen. The 80's production doesn't bother me much either. How could it? I still am a great fan of the Police, Prince, Talking Heads, etc. So should I lie here to save my reputation on the board? Or should I throw DW away beca
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QuoteRockman Thanks for this, Dr. Rock. Actually love the "Helga"--or was it "Olga?"--S&M aerobics cartoon and the scrawled credits on the LP sleeve. I think it's actually some of the funniest and most appropriate artwork to accompany a Stones record.
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QuoteMax'sKansasCity OMG.... still?? more?? and on and on...??? WHY is the color blue bashed?? WHY is Picasso bashed? Why is Renoir bashed? Why are cats bashed? Why are movies bashed? Why is this bashed?... why is that bashed??? WHY IS ANYTHING BASHED?? BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE JUST CANT SHUT THE FK UP. SOME PEOPLE JUST FEEL OBLIGATED TO CHIME IN WITH THEIR "EXPERT&quo
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QuoteRockman As a designer, how would you package it? I love the original artwork--how would you complement and extend the original visual signature of the album, while adding to the historical depth of the archival release? .........eeeerrr maybe explicite nude shots of Lucille Ball and Raquel Welch on thee inner sleeeeve would rock things up a bit ......... Well, we just need a "Profe
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